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Yes it's legit I saw an Asus interview where it was discussed. Coming soon.
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Nah, $450 seems about right. Even that sounds high though for a motheboard targeted at gamers. But only time will tell.
The Rampage III extreme launched at over 350.
Board + $200 sound card + $60 NIC = $610 seperate
Realistically I don't see this below 480 or 500. Otherwise they're not making a huge amount of cash on it. At least it'll launch that high IMO.
You can get 5.1 Asus Xonar cards for $30, or 7.1 Xonar cards for $60. Everything I could see just says "Asus Xonar sound", it doesn't necessarily mean it'll have the top of line in it. Plus, a $600+ would have such a niche market, I don't think they'd put out something that high priced target at gamers. Nobody in their intended demographic would buy it.
No they're putting a CMI8788 and the same amplification and isolated audio path as in the $200 STX. Look up the interview.
That $60 sound card I linked uses the CMI8788 as well though
We can go back and fourth on this all we want, but it doesn't mean anything. We'll only know when it get's released
I'm going for 550msrp, 578 newegg price.
I'm also not even slightly interested, personally.
I'd much rather the "black edition" was overclocking oriented rather then gaming oriented.
Hack out the sound until it's 1 channel.
One network port.
No USB3.
No sata6.
No esata controller.
(Ideally it would have a second, two port, sata controller hooked to PCI)
Six rear usb ports.
And that's about it. Trim something with R3E OCing (or better!) like that and you're into the $250-275 range. Better yet, ship it with a ROG Expander for the same $350 total.
That's just me though.